Add subtitles and captions

Subtitles and captions permit you to share your videos with a larger audition, including deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers and viewers who speak another language. Larn more nigh editing or removing existing captions.

Create subtitles and captions

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left card, select Subtitles.
  3. Click the video that you'd similar to edit.
  4. Click ADD LANGUAGE and select your language.
  5. Nether subtitles, click Add.

Notation: You can also add subtitles and captions during the upload process.

Upload a file

Subtitle and explanation files contain the text of what is said in the video. Information technology besides contains timestamps for when each line of text should exist displayed. Some files also include position and mode info, which is especially useful for deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers.

Before you start, make sure that your file type is supported on YouTube.

  1. Select Upload file.
  2. Cull betwixt With timing or Without timing, and so select Proceed.
  3. Choose a file to upload.
  4. Select Salvage.

Auto-sync

You can create subtitles and captions past entering them in as you watch the video. Y'all'll need to set the timing to sync with your video with this choice.

Note: Transcript text is automatically synchronized to your video. The transcript must be in a language supported by our speech recognition engineering science. The transcript must also exist in the same language that's spoken in the video. Transcripts are non recommended for videos that are over an hr long or have poor audio quality.

  1. Select Auto-sync.
  2. Enter the words in the video or upload a transcript file.
  3. Select EDIT, then click Save AND Shut.

Setting the timings tin take a few minutes. While you wait, y'all'll be brought dorsum to the video tracklist. Once it's ready, your transcription will automatically be published on your video.

Type manually

Y'all can choose to type or paste a transcript of your captions and subtitles. With this option, your subtitle and caption timings will exist set automatically.

  1. SelectTypemanually.
  2. Play the video and enter your captions or subtitles. Don't forget to add together text like[applause] or[thunder], so that viewers know what'southward going on in the video. You can likewise pause while typing.
  3. SelectPUBLISH.

To speed up your work, you can also use these keyboard shortcuts:

  • Windows/command + left arrow: Seek back i 2d.
  • Windows/command + right arrow: Seek forward i second.
  • Windows/command + space: Pause or play the video.
  • Windows/command + enter: Add together a new line.
  • Windows/command + down arrow: Edit next subtitle.
  • Windows/control + upwardly pointer: Edit previous subtitle.
  • Enter: Add the subtitle.

Auto-translate

YouTube tin utilize spoken language recognition engineering to automatically create captions for your videos. If automatic captions are available, they'll automatically be published on the video. Learn how to use automatic captions.

Scout how to add subtitles and captions

Cheque out the following video from the YouTube Creators channel on how to add subtitles and captions.

How to Add Captions While Uploading & Editing Your Videos

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